Bordeaux Wine Enthusiasts

I recently heard firsthand how much wine JC has cellared... he don't need no stinking freeze, the dude needs an ice age!

DavidG wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2023 10:59 pm Patrick your note prompted me to check WS again for 2014 Leoville Barton, something I’ve been intermittently looking for. Anyone in the Baltimore/DC area interested in splitting a case?

I might be interested in doing so. Definitely up for at least 3-4 bottles if anyone wants to be a third.

JoelD wrote: ↑Wed Aug 16, 2023 3:08 am

DavidG wrote: ↑Tue Aug 15, 2023 10:59 pm Patrick your note prompted me to check WS again for 2014 Leoville Barton, something I’ve been intermittently looking for. Anyone in the Baltimore/DC area interested in splitting a case?

I might be interested in doing so. Definitely up for at least 3-4 bottles if anyone wants to be a third.

I went ahead and ordered a case from Saratoga, $89/bottle for delivery beginning of November. You’re welcome to 3-6, whatever your pleasure.

While taking a coffee break this morning I bought

1 1988 La Tour Blanche
2 1998 Pavie-Decesse
1 1978 Gruaud-Larose
2 2001 Haut-Bailly
1 2005 Gruaud-Larose
12 2014 Canon

stefan wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2023 5:00 pm While taking a coffee break this morning I bought

1 1988 La Tour Blanche
2 1998 Pavie-Decesse
1 1978 Gruaud-Larose
2 2001 Haut-Bailly
1 2005 Gruaud-Larose
12 2014 Canon

That’s one pricey coffee!

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That’s one pricey coffee!
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Yeah, and then I read your enabling post on another thread and had to go back to buy

6 2009 Sociando-Mallet Jean Gautreaux.

I am done buying and reading BWE for today.

Blanquito wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2023 5:02 pm

stefan wrote: ↑Fri Aug 18, 2023 5:00 pm While taking a coffee break this morning I bought

1 1988 La Tour Blanche
2 1998 Pavie-Decesse
1 1978 Gruaud-Larose
2 2001 Haut-Bailly
1 2005 Gruaud-Larose
12 2014 Canon

That’s one pricey coffee!

That’s a great haul. I’ve been sorely tempted by the 14 Canon multiple times but I’ve always held back. We need an ITNOS note on one of those once shipping season arrives (it’s gonna be 96F today in denver, at this rate shipping season won’t begin until December).

2020 Chambeyron Chavarine Côte Rôtie
2020 Laurent Tribut Chablis

3 bottles of 2020 Mas Jullien Autour de Jonquières Terrasses de Larzac

Inspired by the nice post of Izak on Beaujolais

3 bottles of 2021 Coeur de Vendange Beaujolais from Domaine du Vissoux.

I should buy more Beaujolais in the coming weeks.

Also, 1 bottle of the 2012 Domaine le Vivier Médoc, and
1 bottle Ijalba Rioja white.

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I’ve been sorely tempted by the 14 Canon multiple times but I’ve always held back. We need an ITNOS note on one of those once shipping season arrives
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I'll get these in November, probably. With a case it makes sense to try one this year or next.

12 x 2014 Sociando Mallet

JimHow wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 3:46 pm 12 x 2014 Sociando Mallet

So it was said, so it was done.

Mmm doggie. My kind of wine.

JimHow wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 6:33 pm Mmm doggie. My kind of wine.

Yup, hard to keep hands off. Just so easy.

12x2022 PYCM Rose de Pinot Noir @ Skurnik wholesale
36x2019 Moulin Saint-Georges Saint-Emilion @ Twins wholesale

Stefan, there’s a new kid in town.

JC, my new(est) wine buying hero.

At each picture posted by jckba, on what he is buying, i feel like i'm totally sane!

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JC, my new(est) wine buying hero.
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Mine, too, Patrick. JC is an inspiration to us all.

Now I gotta run to the Dollar Sale at the local Twin Liquors.

Every time I see jckba's posts in this thread I think "that's enough to stock a small retail establishment or a decent-sized restaurant." And I feel so much less guilt about my own purchases. Keep it up JC!

I think JC has a wise drinking/investing strategy. Hey I got a mailing for a 5.25% one year CD today!

I've been buying Tbills and rolling them over for a chunk of our fixed income assets. Literally and arguably financially less liquid than the wine in the cellar.

DavidG wrote: ↑Thu Aug 24, 2023 2:29 pm I've been buying Tbills and rolling them over for a chunk of our fixed income assets. Literally and arguably financially less liquid than the wine in the cellar.

Yup. Here are Tbills rates as of right now :

Yeah, I’ve had money in various short term (<1 year) Tbills for about a year now and for the next year going forward. Some would probably say I’m too young for low risk investments, but this is easy money.

I find it simpler to put funds into a MM account that yields at least 5%, especially since we will probably need a lot of cash at some unknown time in the fall. But the yield I get in MM is a bit less than what I could get in T-bills.

stefan wrote: ↑Thu Aug 24, 2023 8:32 pm I find it simpler to put funds into a MM account that yields at least 5%, especially since we will probably need a lot of cash at some unknown time in the fall. But the yield I get in MM is a bit less than what I could get in T-bills.

And also having no state taxes lends prudence towards putting money in MM rather than T-bills...

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And also having no state taxes lends prudence towards putting money in MM rather than T-bills.
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No state income tax in Texas, CV. For me having instant access to the funds is important, and in my Merrill Edge account I can only do that with MM.

At Twin Liquors' Dollar Sale

4 2014 Clinet @67.17
3 2013 Dom Perignon @228.24
1 2009 Cristal @229.81
4 2017 Berthelemot Chassagne Morgeot @59.79

We needed fizzies and whites for drinking in Texas. The Clinet was the only reasonable Bdx choice and everybody keeps telling me that 2014 is a BWE vintage, so... Lucie was with me and convinced me to buy all the Dom. I passed on 2013 Cristal, to her disappointment, and later read from an excellent taster on WB that it is really, really good. Should I go back and buy some? The 2013 is around $280 IIRC. The 2009 Cristal drinks well now but I did not know about the 2013. Lesser but good Champagnes were also discounted, but the prices were not that attractive.

Great price on the Cristal, Stefan!

...and the 13 Dom as far as I can tell.

I would be buying 2013 Cristal at that price!

Chris Bublitz

6 x 2019 Ceritas Heintz Chardonnay
6 x 2019 Ceritas Elliot Pinot Noir

My favourite American producer. The wines seem increasingly to be finding their way over here now.

1 x Pichon Lalande 1985 (from auction).

Missed out on a 1998 Magdelaine which I bid silly money on but someone more determined (and with a bigger wallet than me) snapped it up instead, unfortunately.

Ianjaig wrote: ↑Wed Aug 30, 2023 8:49 pm Missed out on a 1998 Magdelaine which I bid silly money on but someone more determined (and with a bigger wallet than me) snapped it up instead, unfortunately.

Probably that guy from Iron Maiden...

OK; I'll bite: Why would you pay $300+ for 1998 Magdelaine?

Probably was or perhaps the AC/DC drummer who lives in NZ apparently....

stefan wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2023 12:15 am OK; I'll bite: Why would you pay $300+ for 1998 Magdelaine?

US dollars? Well, I elected not to, though it did go for very close to that - $450 NZ I think. Should I have pulled the trigger?

I would not have. But then I avoid cult St Emilion.

stefan wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2023 12:35 am I would not have. But then I avoid cult St Emilion.

I wish La Lagune be a cult Saint Émilion. it would be a better wine and deserve attention.

I’ve had Magdelaine about a dozen times, including the 1982 with Stuart last winter, I don’t get the obsession. But hey that’s what makes the world go around.